afterwhile
English
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editafterwhile (not comparable)
- (US, dialect) Afterwards.
- 1957, James Agee, A Death in the Family[1], New York: McDowell, Obolensky, Part 2, p. 242:
- […] as soon as the man called the track they hurried fast, so they got two seats and turned them to face each other, and afterwhile the train pulled out […]